Indian ladies’s tennis workforce reaches Latvia. (Photo Credit: IANS)
Three members of the Indian ladies’s tennis workforce together with their coach Vishal Uppal arrived within the Latvian capital of Riga for their Billie Jean King tie.
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- Last Updated:April 10, 2021, 22:42 IST
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Three members of the Indian ladies’s tennis workforce together with their coach Vishal Uppal arrived within the Latvian capital of Riga on Saturday to play within the Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup on April 16 and 17. “Our team has arrived in Riga and were welcomed by Mr Praveen, Ms Elina and Ms Santa representing the Indian Embassy and Indian Latvian Cultural and Economic Forum,” an All India Tennis Association (AITA) tweet mentioned.
While Rutuja Bhosle, Zeel Desai and Karman Kaur Thandi took the flight to Riga from New Delhi, India’s tennis ace Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will be part of their team-mates straight from Dubai the place they’ve been coaching for the previous week.
“Our team will have a day break and are expected to start practice on Monday,” wrote AITA.
Before leaving Indian shores, Uppal had tweeted, “Exciting times for Women’s Tennis in India. Look forward to uniting with the whole team in Latvia!”
This is the primary time in historical past that the Indian ladies’s workforce has made it to the World Group Play-offs of the event, however their outing received’t be simple as they must take care of the likes of former French Open champion and present world No. 54 Jelena Ostapenko and 2018 US Open semi-finalist Anastasija Sevastova, who was ranked world No. 11 at her peak.
The different members of the Latvian workforce are Diana Marcinkevica, Daniela Vismane and Patricija Spaka.
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